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USS LCI(L)-344

International Radio Call Sign: November - Juliet - Uniform - VictorNJUVAwards, Citations and Campaign RibbonsPrecedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 26 October 1942, Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 2 December 1942

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-344, 18 January 1943

During World War II USS LCI(L)-344 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

"Between two sisters, the USS LCI 226 lies tied up to a dock at Oro Bay on coast of New Guinea between USS LCI(L)-344, outboard, and USS LCI(L)-338, inboard. U.S. troops who took part in the capture of Salamaua crowd the upper deck." Photo caption from March 27, 1944 issue of "Life" magazine. Story by John Hersey. The story covered the history of USS LCI(L)-226 from commissioning on 14 December 1942 to the landings at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 1943.Life Time photo, by O. Landon Miles

Ardie Hunt for his father Arden L. Hunt SM3/c USS LCI(R)-226, 20 July 1944 to 13 April 1945).

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USS LCI(L)-344 and USS LCI(L)-342 dodge mortar fire during the invasion of Biak Island, 27 May 1944.Photo by Dick Hanley of Yank Magazine appeared in USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item." August 2009 issue.